CVE-2008-4077 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.8 Published 15 Sep 2008 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause denial of service in LedgerSMB and SQL-Ledger via HTTP POST requests with large Content-Length headers.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2008-4077?

CVE-2008-4077 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Sep 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The CGI scripts in (1) LedgerSMB (LSMB) before 1.2.15 and (2) SQL-Ledger 2.8.17 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via an HTTP POST request with a large Content-Length.

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-4077?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Ledgersmb Ledgersmb, Sql-Ledger Sql-Ledger.

How do I fix CVE-2008-4077?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-4077 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2008-4077 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-4077 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4077, GHSA-85pq-hp42-w24p.